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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A book having a flexible paper binding.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A book with paper covers; -- contrasted with hardback or hardcover.
  • adjective having a flexible binding; -- of books. Contrasted to hardcover or hardbacked or hardbound.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A book with flexible binding.
  • adjective of a book Having flexible binding.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a book with paper covers
  • adjective (of books) having a flexible binding

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